HER ANNOUNCEMENT ON CLICKONDETROIT.COM, STARTS AT 11 A.M. Devin: MAN ACCUSED IN THE MURDERS OF TWO STORE EMPLOYEES IN DEARBORN APPEARED IN COURT TODAY. LAVERE BRYANT IS ACCUSED OF KILLING JOE ORLANDO AND BRENNA MACHUS. THE HEARING STARTED WITH A BIT OF CONFUSION. Shawn: I'M GONNA TAKE YOU INSIDE THE DEARBORN COURTROOM WHERE EMOTIONS WERE RUNNING SO VERY HIGH. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE HEARING FROM THE MOTHER OF JOE ORLANDO, ALSO THE FIRST TIME WE'RE HEARING FROM A FAMILY MEMBER OF THE SUSPECT IN THIS DOUBLE HOMICIDE, LAVERE BRYANT. LAVERE BRYANT IS CHARGED WITH THE DEARBORN FAMILY DOLLAR MURDERS OF JOE ORLANDO AND BRENNA MACHUS. HIS HEARING WAS DELAYED MORE THAN TWO HOURS, AND THE PROSECUTION BLAMES THE WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR PUTTING THE DOUBLE MURDER SUSPECT ON THE WRONG BUS FROM THE WAYNE COUNTY JAIL AND TAKING HIM TO THE WRONG COURTHOUSE. THE JUDGE WAS NOT PLEASED. ANYBODY HAS AN ANSWER FOR THAT? Shawn: HAVING TO WAIT WAS THE MOTHER OF JOE ORLANDO. I ASKED HER ABOUT CLUTCHING HER SON'S PHOTO IN COURT. I WANT LAVERE TO SEE MY SON'S FACE EVERY TIME HE STEPS INTO THE COURTROOM, WHETHER IT INFLUENCES HIM OR NOT, IT'S MORE FOR ME THAN IT IS FOR HIM. BUT I WILL BE HOLDING MY SON'S PICTURE TO MY HEART EVERY MINUTE I'M IN A COURTROOM AND EVERY MINUTE THAT LAVERE IS IN THE COURTROOM. Shawn: HE WAS WORKING AT THE FAMILY DOLLAR WHEN HE WAS SHOT JULY 15th. HIS COWORKER BRENNA MACHUS WAS TAKEN FROM THE STORE, HER BODY FOUND TWO DAYS LATER. HE WAS MY BABY, MY ONLY SON. HE LOVED HIS JOB. HE WAS AN OUTSTANDING KID. IN MY OPINION, HE WAS HELPING BRENNA, AND IT ENDED HIS LIFE. Shawn: THE 34-YEAR-OLD IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT AND ARMED ROBBERY. HE HAS A 1-YEAR-OLD SON AND ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED. HIS AUNT WAS IN COURT AND HAS A MESSAGE. WE DO SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU GUYS, AND ALTHOUGH WE DON'T BELIEVE LAVERE DID THIS AND WE DO HOPE THAT WE DO COME TO SOME CLOSURE WITH THIS, BUT WE DON'T THINK LAVERE DID THIS. Shawn: THIS IS NOT GOING TO GET ANY EASIER FOR THE FAMILIES INVOLVED. ANOTHER HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR BRYANT LATER IN AUGUST. IN DEARBORN, SHAWN LEY, LOCAL 4. Devin: AS FOR WHY BRYANT WAS INITIALLY BROUGHT TO THE WRONG COURTHOUSE, IT WAS A MISTAKE IN

DEARBORN, Mich. -

After more than a two-hour delay Wednesday, the preliminary hearing for a 34-year-old Dearborn man accused of killing two Family Dollar employees was adjourned.

The delay at his Wednesday hearing was because of a mistake on paperwork that listed the wrong courthouse and he had to wait for another van to come get him.

Bryant's attorney asked for more time to prepare his case.

The hearing was rescheduled for Aug. 21.

While she waited in the courtroom, Orlando's mother clutched her son's picture.

"I want Lavere to see my son's face every time he steps into a courtroom. Whether it influences him or not, it's more for me than it is for him," said Cynthia Konkel. "I will be holding my son's picture to my heart every minute I'm in a courtroom."

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